Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) voting membership application
The voting members of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation are eligible to vote on OBF issues, including proposed changes to the OBF’s governing document, the bylaws. To be considered as a voting member, you must already be actively and demonstrably engaged in biology-related open science or open source in some form. Please see https://www.open-bio.org/get-involved/ for criteria, and for other ways to participate in the OBF community without becoming a voting member.

Central to the OBF's mission is a commitment to open science. Therefore, we would like to see evidence of an applicant's commitment to open science and open source software, such as:
  •     Contributions to open source repositories (e.g., GitHub)
  •     Participation in open science initiatives or collaborative research projects
  •     Publications or preprints shared through open-access platforms
  •     Engagement with open science communities (e.g., attending or speaking at open science events)
  •     Development of tools or resources that are openly licensed
Please include explicit examples (with links) of contributions such as these to strengthen your application.
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The OBF will treat all personal information as strictly confidential and will not share personal information with anyone except members of the OBF Board of Directors, or entities or person appointed by the Board to administer membership communication.
If you are already a member and just want to update your contact info, please check this box.
Name *
Street address *
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City, State, Zip / Postal Code *
Country of residence *
email address *
We will send you a welcome letter to the address you specify here, and use it for all communication. Your membership becomes active only if we are able to contact you successfully.
Alternate email address
In case your primary email address bounces
Your open content repository (GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, etc.) username *
ORCID
If you're unfamiliar with ORCIDs, you might want to create one for yourself, see http://orcid.org.
Social media handle or account (e.g. Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn)
How did you hear about the OBF? *
Membership eligibility
To be considered as a voting member, you must already be actively and demonstrably engaged in biology-related open science or open source in some form. The reason for this requirement is that we expect voting members to have a long-term engagement with both the field and the OBF itself. 
Please briefly state why you meet the eligibility criteria for OBF membership. (Max 700 characters. Please use your own words; we don't need a long AI-written essay.) *
Evidence of eligibility could include contributing to existing open bioinformatics projects, publishing in the field, or participating in open source bioinformatics conferences such as BOSC. You can provide links to external resources to show your involvement.
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